List of Famous people named Frederick

Name Frederick is among the most common names in England. Often it's a shorthand for Friedrich. Similar names: Friedrich, Frederik, Friederike, Frederique, Frederikke, Friderika. Here are some famous Fredericks:

Frédérick Gaudreau

First Name Frédérick
Last Name Gaudreau
Born on May 1, 1993 (age 33)
Born in Canada, Quebec
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Frédérick "Freddy" Gaudreau is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Frederick D. Reese

First Name Frederick
Last Name Reese
Born on November 28, 1929
Died on April 5, 2018 (aged 88)

Frederick Douglas Reese, also known as F. D. Reese, was an American civil rights activist, educator and minister from Selma, Alabama. Known as a member of Selma's "Courageous Eight", Reese was the president of the Dallas County Voters League (DCVL) when it invited the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King Jr. to Selma to amplify the city's local voting rights campaign. This campaign eventually gave birth to the Selma to Montgomery marches, which later led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

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Frederick the Fair

First Name Frederick
Last Name Fair
Died on January 13, 1330
Born in Austria

Frederick the Fair or the Handsome, from the House of Habsburg, was the duke of Austria and Styria from 1308 as well as the anti-king of Germany from 1314 until 1325 and then co-king until his death.

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Frederick Ma

First Name Frederick
Last Name Ma
Born on February 22, 1952 (age 74)

Frederick Ma Si-hang is a Hong Kong politician and administrator who was chairman of the MTR Corporation from 2015 to 2019.

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Frederick Stafford

First Name Frederick
Last Name Stafford
Born on March 11, 1928
Died on July 28, 1979 (aged 51)

Frederick Stafford was a Czechoslovak-born actor. Born Friedrich Strobel von Stein, he spoke fluent Czech, German, English, French and Italian, and was a leading man in European spy-movies.

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Frederick III

First Name Frederick
Last Name III
Died on May 5, 1525
Born in Germany, Saxony, Torgau

Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther.

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Frederick Fung

First Name Frederick
Last Name Fung
Born on March 17, 1953 (age 73)

Frederick Fung Kin-kee, SBS, JP is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1997 and from 2000 to 2016 and the former chairman of the pro-democracy Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL) from 1989 to 2007.

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Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia

First Name Friedrich
Last Name Prussia
Born on August 14, 1688
Died on May 31, 1740 (aged 51)
Born in Germany

Frederick William I, known as the "Soldier King", was the king in Prussia and elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as prince of Neuchâtel. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Great.

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Frederick Judd Waugh

First Name Frederick
Last Name Waugh
Born on September 13, 1861
Died on September 10, 1940 (aged 78)

Frederick Judd Waugh was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship camouflage for the U.S. Navy, under the direction of Everett L. Warner.

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Frederick V of the Palatinate

First Name Frederick
Last Name Palatinate
Born on August 26, 1596
Died on November 29, 1632 (aged 36)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Frederick V was the Elector Palatine of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire from 1610 to 1623, and reigned as King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620. He was forced to abdicate both roles, and the brevity of his reign in Bohemia earned him the derisive sobriquet "the Winter King".

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